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16/24
It’s long been clear to me that what Christmas music has really been missing is a wild contribution from the phenomenon that is Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.
I said, YAY-AH!
Today’s advent selection is….
- High Gear by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
[see pinned post for details of the full Xmas playlist]
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12/24
Amazingly enough, some people spend December trying to avoid this guy’s Xmas song. Not me, which is just as well as I heard it on 1st December. As we have discussed (@DJDarren), it’s a banger and raises £££ for charity every year. But today isn’t that song, it’s another one. Just as good, I reckon.
George Michael - December Song (I dreamed of Christmas)
https://youtu.be/l-xzyD00_fI?si=ip_RmQ6Q8vQk7QbJ
[see pinned post for details of the full Xmas playlist]
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6/24
Christmas is often a time when we head back to our childhood homes and think about the lives we might have led and the things we left unsaid. There’s another one of these coming up later on, but today’s song is all about unresolved feelings on meeting an old friend who might have been more.
Home for the Holidays by Emmy the Great and Tim Wheeler.
[see pinned post for details of the full Xmas playlist]
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4/24
Has anyone ever been more sincere in their declaration that this is a one night stand, but that it will be a beautiful one night stand that he’ll never forget? I also don’t hear anyone complaining (“Chestnuts roasting! Tootsies toasting!”).
Ladies and gentlemen and all in between, I give you…. Purple Snowflakes by Marvin Gaye. Who could resist?
[see pinned post for details of the full Xmas playlist]
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3/24
An early lesson that not every Christmas song mentions Christmas. This is just joyful.
Uh-huh?
Uh-huh.Sweet Gingerbread Man by Sammy Davis Jr
All tasty and tan, indeed.
[see pinned post for details of the full Xmas playlist]
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1/24
Christmas music is saccharine, no? Well, let’s start of this festive music countdown with a song set the day after Christmas and selling some of your presents to pay for your teenage girlfriend’s abortion. That should do it, eh?
It’s the beautiful “Brick” by Ben Folds 5.
[see pinned post for details of the full Xmas playlist]
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Ok. I’m gonna pin this over Xmas.
I like Christmas music, but hate the fact we only hear the same songs all the damn time. There are loads of good ones that you almost never hear. I’ve been compiling a playlist for a while now, and you can access it here:
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/swisslets-xmas/pl.u-XkD0jDRsk6PLJ
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6QBR5hENabzLVFwj2GaZqX?si=1Tbv8YBESeqK9-nVUvYu9w&pi=sj3XCxZIRXq6n
I’m always in the market for suggestions too, so fire away.
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I don’t know who might need a 10 hour Xmas playlist that doesn’t feature any of the songs you always hear. But if that’s you, here it is:
(Also, any recommendations, please let me know as I’m always on the lookout for more).
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6QBR5hENabzLVFwj2GaZqX?si=OsN1UQddSYS9GMYFndzBew&pi=e-NWvdTT2ETmuj
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/swisslets-xmas/pl.u-XkD0jDRsk6PLJ
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Just took part in a Christmas music quiz at the pub. I’m quite proud of the fact that I have a nine hour Christmas playlist, and only one single song from it made it into the quiz (“the power of love” by Gabrielle Aplin, since you asked).
There are some horrors out there.
Cliff Richard was #2 in the charts for Xmas 1981. Can you name the song that topped the chart that year and was the biggest selling single that year and the 23rd best selling single in UK chart history?
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So far today, I’m wearing a dressing gown, sheepskin boots, a big bobble hat and a patchwork quilt made by my mum. Contact me for other #FashionTips #StyleIcon
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This is extraordinary. A full-bodied chocolate cherry stout that is only 0.5% abv. Mash Gang are wizards.
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Quite how they take a beer that’s usually 5.6% and produce a 0.0 version, I don’t know. It’s not as chewy as the original, and it’s fizzier…. But actually, for an NA beer, this is bloody good. Notes of banana and maybe cherry. Not bad at all.
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I feel seen.
“A 43-YEAR-OLD man has become so emotionally attached to the seasoned hardwood logs in his woodshed that he is refusing to let anyone burn them”
https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/man-deeply-in-love-with-his-logs-20151125104184
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Was it just me, or did the faces of the presentation party at the #CWC2023 not bother to hide their disappointment at India not winning? Poor show, I thought and I’m absolutely here for it. I also loved that the drone light display afterwards had a map of India and the Indian flag, but apparently not the Australian equivalent. Delightful.
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Record attendance for us at parkrun today: 500. Busy.
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What a glorious morning for a parkrun followed by a swim in 8 degree water with blue sky and sunshine overhead. If Wednesday’s water was like a washing machine on spin cycle, then today was very smooth with mist on the water. A lovely sauna too. I’m often one of the only guys swimming at the lake in winter and today in the sauna it was 5:1. Perfect!
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Gina - you are absolutely speaking my language here. As someone with secondary-progressive MS, I could not agree with you more. Stay out of the grief cave and stay out of those ‘support’ groups. https://shift.ms/blogs/multiple-sclerosis-the-grief-cave-vs-the-pain-cave #MultipleSclerosis #MS #PityParty #ExerciseAsTherapy
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“Tasteful discretion is the name of the game”
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“Tasteful discretion is the name of the game”
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“Tasteful discretion is the name of the game”
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“Tasteful discretion is the name of the game”
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After watching The Holiday for the first time, I find I have questions. Not least: that’s not an uplifting ending, is it? What happens on New Years Day? All the obstacles remain exactly the same as before. Also, can you or can’t you drive up that lane?
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Watching the Great British Menu is ruining eating out. We were at a nice gastro pub with friends for lunch today, and I couldn’t help but wonder why none of the dishes on the menu had a verjus reduction or a vadouvan sauce.
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Watching the Great British Menu is ruining eating out. We were at a nice gastro pub with friends for lunch today, and I couldn’t help but wonder why none of the dishes on the menu had a verjus reduction or a vadouvan sauce.
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Watching the Great British Menu is ruining eating out. We were at a nice gastro pub with friends for lunch today, and I couldn’t help but wonder why none of the dishes on the menu had a verjus reduction or a vadouvan sauce.
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